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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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